the taming of the shrew

Even Shakespeare was a slow starter

7 November 2026 9:00 am

Fortunately, his reputation does not rest on Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and the Henry VI trilogy, plays he wrote before the age of 30

Will the ‘bunny boiler’ tag continue to haunt single women?

1 November 2025 9:00 am

From the femme fatale of noir to Fatal Attraction’s Alex, the unattached female has often been feared and scorned

‘We are stuck like chicken feathers to tar’: Elizabeth Taylor’s description of the fabled romance

21 October 2023 9:00 am

The Burton-Taylor relationship was either one of the greatest love stories of all time or a suicide pact carried out in relentless slow motion

Wet wet wet

12 September 2020 9:00 am

It has roughly the same proportions as Shakespeare’s Globe. The Roman Theatre in Verulamium (St Albans) is an atmospheric ruin…